Recipe - Tipsy Bread And Butter Pudding

6 ounce Dry crusty loaf
1/3 cup Dark raisins
One half cup Rum or whisky
1 One half cup Milk
Unsalted butter for the dish
4 Eggs
One half cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

To give a different texture to bread and butter pudding, tear the bread
into 1inch chunks, rather than slicing it with a knife. Put the chunks in
a large bowl with the raisins and pour over the rum or whiskey and about
twothirds of the milk. Use your hand to squeeze the chunks of bread until
they have fully absorbed the liquid, then let them soak. Butter a 1 1/2
quart baking dish.

Whisk the eggs in a large bowl with the sugar and vanilla just until
smooth. Whisk in the remaining milk. Pour this custard over the bread and
stir gently.

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread it to a fairly
even layer it should be 1 One half inches deep so the pudding has a crispy
top and soft center when it is baked. Make sure there are not too many
raisins on top as they tend to dry out during baking.

Bake the pudding in the preheated oven until the custard is set and the top
of the pudding is crisp and brown, 50 to 60 minutes. A skewer inserted into
the center of the pudding should come out clean and be hot to the touch.
Serve it very warm but not scalding hot, plain or with ice cream.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

NOTES : Recipe courtesy of Anne Willan, "In And Out Of The Kitchen"

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL9060

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Angele and Jon Freeman"
jfreeman@comteck.com on Feb 7, 1998